It lands 6th December, bringing together three superstar authors in Justina Ireland, Cavan Scott and Charles Soule and five original stories previously published exclusively in Star Wars Insider magazine, along with interviews delving into the creative process. It’s Star Wars Insider: The High Republic: Starlight Stories, and here’s an excerpt from Charles Soule’s Go Together Part I, previously published in Star Wars Insider #199.
Joss Adren lifted a pile of dirty, grease-stained clothes from the floor. He considered, then balled them up and shoved them in the sack he was using as luggage, atop the clean clothes he’d already thrown in.
He glanced around the bedroom. Nothing else he needed. He always traveled light when working.
“All packed,” he said, throwing the sack on the bed, next to several small cases holding his wife’s clothes and assorted sundries, packed hours earlier – and he’d bet a hundred credits there wasn’t a dirty sock anywhere in them.
“You ready?” Joss asked her, calling into the tiny living room that formed the rest of their personal space aboard the Starlight Beacon.
It was gorgeously designed – everything on the station was – but space in space would always be at a premium.
“Maybe we can get something to eat before we get out of here,” he added.
The canteens on Starlight Beacon were excellent, serving dishes from all over the Outer Rim, to showcase the cultures that comprised this far-off edge of the Republic. The principle carried through the whole station; its structure used metallic ores from many different worlds and housed craftspeople, contractors, and staff from planets throughout the Outer Rim Territories.
Starlight Beacon was a wonder. Joss had never seen anything like it, and his career had taken him across half the galaxy.
He and Pikka were project managers, specialists in bringing large-scale construction jobs to completion. They worked out last-minute bugs in the code, silenced rattling pipes, and dealt with constant leaks.
5 original stories from the galactic frontier.
Step aboard the Starlight Beacon and join Administrator Velko Jahen, Chief Ghal Tarpfen, and Jedi from the High Republic Era as they face: a mysterious assassination attempt; a strange distress call; a threat from the carnivorous Drengir… and more!
This special edition collects five, two-part short stories first presented in Star Wars Insider magazine, featuring tales by The New York Times bestselling authors Justina Ireland, Cavan Scott, and Charles Soule. This deluxe collector’s edition also includes in-depth interviews exploring the creative process behind the series.
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